MacBride, S: Birthdays for the Dead
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 aug 2012
Detective Constable Ash Henderson has a dark secret
Five years ago his daughter, Rebecca, went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthday. A year later the first card arrived: home-made, with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front Rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrified. Every year another card: each one worse than the last.
The tabloids call him The Birthday Boy . He s been snatching girls for twelve years, always in the run-up to their thirteenth birthday, sending the families his home-made cards showing their daughters being slowly tortured to death.
But Ash hasn t told anyone about Rebecca s birthday cards they all think she s just run away from home because if anyone finds out, he ll be taken off the investigation. And he s sacrificed too much to give up before his daughter s killer gets what he deserves "
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780007344208
ISBN-10: 0007344201
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 132 x 196 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN-10: 0007344201
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 132 x 196 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Recenzii
Praise for Birthdays for the Dead: 'MacBride is a damned fine writer - no one does dark and gritty like him' Peter James 'The master of murderous mayhem is back to his best with a belter of a book ... a page-turner' The Sun Praise for Stuart MacBride: 'Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order' Mark Billingham 'Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best' Val McDermid 'Stuart MacBride's thrillers just keep getting better' Express
Descriere
The Number One bestselling crime thriller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. A bloody, brilliant and brutal story of murder, kidnap and revenge. Detective Constable Ash Henderson has a dark secret...Five years ago his daughter, Rebecca, went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthday.
A year later the first card arrived: home-made, with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front - Rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrified. Every year another card: each one worse than the last. The tabloids call him 'The Birthday Boy'.
He's been snatching girls for twelve years, always in the run-up to their thirteenth birthday, sending the families his home-made cards showing their daughters being slowly tortured to death. But Ash hasn't told anyone about Rebecca's birthday cards - they all think she's just run away from home - because if anyone finds out, he'll be taken off the investigation. And he's sacrificed too much to give up before his daughter's killer gets what he deserves...
A year later the first card arrived: home-made, with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front - Rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrified. Every year another card: each one worse than the last. The tabloids call him 'The Birthday Boy'.
He's been snatching girls for twelve years, always in the run-up to their thirteenth birthday, sending the families his home-made cards showing their daughters being slowly tortured to death. But Ash hasn't told anyone about Rebecca's birthday cards - they all think she's just run away from home - because if anyone finds out, he'll be taken off the investigation. And he's sacrificed too much to give up before his daughter's killer gets what he deserves...